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Professor Emma Meaburn

Positions held:
  • Professor of Genomics and Learning, School of Psychological Sciences
  • Professor of Genomics and Learning, School of Psychological Sciences
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  • Overview

    Overview

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    Administrative responsibilities

    • Co-Convenor MSc Psychology Conversion course
    • Co-Director Genes, Environment, Lifespan laboratory

    ORCID

  • Research

    Research

    Research overview

    Dr Meaburn鈥檚 research program is centered on the fundamental, yet timely, question of how genetic variation contributes to individual differences in behavior and how these causal processes unfold across development. Her research harnesses contemporary molecular genomic and statistical genetic approaches using clinical, twin, familial and population-based samples. Key insights from her research include that variance in learning abilities is polygenic, and the development of early versions of polygenic scores with applications in prediction. Her research has over time expanded to address the developmental timing and specificity of genetic and epigenetic effects, and the role of environmental factors. This multidisciplinary work has real-world implications for educational practice and social policies, and for the treatment and early identification of neurodevelopmental disorders.

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  • Supervision and teaching

    Supervision and teaching

    Supervision

    Supervisions within 糖心logo入口:
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    I supervise empirical research projects for the BSc Psychology, MSc Psychology and MSc Specialist course students.

    Teaching

    Teaching modules

    • Evolution and Genetics
    • Critical Review of Research Methodologies in Psychological and Clinical Sciences
    • Dissertation MRes Psychology
    • Behavioural Neuroscience
    • Generic Research Skills
    • Academic Skills for PG Students
    • Genetics of Development
    • Research Ethics
    • Neuroscience
    • Introduction to Research Methods
  • Publications

    Publications

    Article

    • Gui, Anna and Meaburn, Emma and Tye, C. and Charman, T. and Johnson, Mark H. and Jones, Emily J.H. (2021) . JAMA Pediatrics 175 (9), pp. 968-970. ISSN 2168-6203.
    • Fish, L. and Nystrom, P. and Gliga, Teodora and Gui, Anna and Begum Ali, Jannath and Mason, Luke and Garg, S. and Green, J. and Johnson, Mark H. and Charman, T. and Harrison, Rebecca and Meaburn, Emma and Falck-Ytter, T. and Jones, Emily J.H. (2021) . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 62 (11), pp. 1308-1319. ISSN 0021-9630.
    • Donati, Georgina and Dumontheil, Iroise and Pain, O. and Asbury, K. and Meaburn, Emma (2021) . Scientific Reports 11 (3851), ISSN 2045-2322.
    • Donati, Georgina and Meaburn, Emma and Dumontheil, Iroise (2021) . Cognition and Emotion 35 (5), pp. 986-998. ISSN 0269-9931.
    • Fish, Laurel and Nystr枚m, P. and Gliga, Teodora and Gui, Anna and Begum Ali, Jannath and Mason, Luke and Garg, S. and Green, Jonathan and Johnson, Mark H. and Charman, T. and Harrison, Rebecca and Meaburn, Emma and Falck-Ytter, t. and Jones, Emily J.H. (2021) . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 62 (11), ISSN 0021-9630.
    • Gui, Anna and Jones, Emily J.H. and Wong, C. and Meaburn, Emma and Baocong, X. and Pasco, G. and Lloyd-Fox, Sarah and Charman, T. and Bolton, P. and Johnson, Mark H. (2020) . Infant Behavior and Development 60 (101409), ISSN 0163-6383.
    • Donati, Georgina and Dumontheil, Iroise and Meaburn, Emma (2019) . Mind, Brain, and Education 13 (3), pp. 224-233. ISSN 1751-2271.
    • Saffari, Ayden and Arno, M. and Nasser, E. and Ronald, Angelica and Wong, C.C.Y. and Schalkwyk, L.C. and Mill, J. and Dudbridge, F. and Meaburn, Emma (2019) . Molecular Autism 10, pp. 38. ISSN 2040-2392.
    • Saffari, Ayden and Silver, M.J. and Zavattari, P. and Moi, L. and Columbano, A. and Meaburn, Emma and Dudbridge, F. (2018) . Genetic Epidemiology 42 (1), pp. 20-33. ISSN 1098-2272.
    • Donati, Georgina and Meaburn, Emma and Dumontheil, Iroise (2018) . Learning and Individual Differences 69, pp. 84-93. ISSN 1041-6080.
    • Marzi, S. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Dempster, E.L. and Lunnon, K. and Paya-Cano, J. and Smith, R. and Volta, M. and Troakes, C. and Schalkwyk, L.C. and Mill, J. (2016) . Epigenetics 11 (1), pp. 24-35. ISSN 1559-2294.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Kovas, Y. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Tolmie, A. (2015) . Mind Brain & Education 9 (2), pp. 72-80. ISSN 1751-228X.
    • Spain, S.L. and Pedroso, I. and Kadeva, N. and Miller, M.B. and Iacono, W.G. and McGue, M. and Stergiakouli, E. and Smith, G.D. and Putallaz, M. and Lubinski, D. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Plomin, R. and Simpson, M.A. (2015) . Molecular Psychiatry 21, pp. 1145-1151. ISSN 1359-4184.
    • Wong, C.C.Y. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Ronald, Angelica and Price, T.S and Jeffries, A.R. and Schalkwyk, L.C. and Plomin, R. and Mill, J. (2014) . Molecular Psychiatry 19 (4), pp. 495-503. ISSN 1359-4184.
    • Benyamin, B. and St. Pourcain, B. and Davis, O.S.P. and Davies, G. and Hansell, N.K. and Brion, M.-Ja and Kirkpatrick, R.M. and Cents, R.A.M. and Frani膰, S. and Miller, M.B. and Haworth, C. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Price, T.S and Evans, D.M. and Timpson, N. and Kemp, J. and Ring, S. and McArdle, W. and Medland, S.E. and Yang, J. and Harris, S.E. and Liewald, D.C. and Scheet, P. and Xiao, X. and Hudziak, J.J. and de Geus, E.J.C. and Jaddoe, V.W.V. and Starr, J.M. and Verhulst, F.C. and Pennell, C.E. and Tiemeier, H. and Iacono, W.G. and Palmer, L.J. and Montgomery, G.W. and Martin, N.G. and Boomsma, D.I. and Posthuma, D. and McGue, M. and Wright, M.J. and Davey Smith, G. and Deary, I.J. and Plomin, R. and Visscher, P.M. (2014) . Molecular Psychiatry 19, pp. 253-258. ISSN 1359-4184.
    • Sieradzka, D. and Power, R.A. and Freedman, D. and Cardno, A.G. and McGuire, P. and Plomin, R. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Ronald, Angelica (2014) . PLoS One ISSN 1932-6203.
    • Davis, O.S.P. and Band, G. and Pirinen, M. and Haworth, C.M.A. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Kovas, Y. and Harlaar, N. and Docherty, S.J. and Hanscombe, K.B. and Trzaskowski, M. and Curtis, C.J.C. and Strange, A. and Freeman, C. and Bellenguez, C. and Su, Z. and Pearson, R. and Vukcevic, D. and Langford, C. and Deloukas, P. and Hunt, S. and Gray, E. and Dronov, S. and Potter, S.C. and Tashakkori-Ghanbaria, A. and Edkins, S. and Bumpstead, S.J. and Blackwell, J.M. and Bramon, E. and Brown, M.A. and Casas, J.P. and Corvin, A. and Duncanson, A. and Jankowski, J.A.Z. and Markus, H.S. and Mathew, C.G. and Palmer, C.N.A. and Rautanen, A. and Sawcer, S.J. and Trembath, R.C. and Viswanathan, A.C. and Wood, N.W. and Barroso, I. and Peltonen, L. and Dale, P.S. and Petrill, S.A. and Schalkwyk, L.S. and Craig, I.W. and Lewis, C.M. and Price, T.S. and Donnelly, P. and Plomin, R. and Spencer, C.C.A. (2014) . Nature Communications 5, pp. 4204. ISSN 2041-1723.
    • Broadbent, H. and Farran, E.K. and Chin, E. and Metcalfe, K. and Tassabehji, M. and Turnpenny, P. and Sansbury, F. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette (2014) . Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 6 (1), pp. 18. ISSN 1866-1955.
    • St Pourcain, B. and Cents, R.A.M. and Whitehouse, A.J.O. and Haworth, C.M.A. and Davis, O.S.P. and O鈥橰eilly, P.F. and Roulstone, S. and Wren, Y. and Ang, Q.W. and Velders, F.P. and Evans, D.M. and Kemp, John P. and Warrington, N.M. and Miller, L. and Timpson, N.J. and Ring, S.M. and Verhulst, F.C. and Hofman, A. and Rivadeneira, F. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Price, T.S. and Dale, P.S. and Pillas, D. and Yliherva, A. and Rodriguez, A. and Golding, J. and Jaddoe, V.W.V. and Jarvelin, M.-R. and Plomin, R. and Pennell, C.E. and Tiemeier, H. and Davey Smith, G. (2014) . Nature Communications 5, pp. 4831. ISSN 2041-1723.
    • St Pourcain, B. and Haworth, C.M.A. and Davis, O.S.P. and Wang, K. and Timpson, N.J. and Evans, D.M. and Kemp, John P. and Ronald, Angelica and Price, T.S and Meaburn, Emma L. and Ring, S.M. and Golding, J. and Hakonarson, H. and Plomin, R. and Davey Smith, G. (2014) . Human Genetics 134 (6), pp. 539-551. ISSN 0340-6717.
    • Harlaar, N. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Hayiou-Thomas, M.E. and Davis, O.S.P. and Docherty, S.J. and Hanscombe, K.B. and Haworth, C. and Price, T.S and Trzaskowski, M. and Dale, P. and Plomin, R. (2013) . Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research ISSN 1092-4388.
    • Viding, E. and Price, T.S and Jaffee, S.R. and Trzaskowski, M. and Davis, O.S.P. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Haworth, C. and Plomin, R. (2013) . PLoS One 8 (7), pp. e65789. ISSN 1932-6203.
    • Plomin, R. and Haworth, C. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Price, T.S and Davis, O.S.P. (2013) . Psychological Science 24 (4), pp. 562-568. ISSN 0956-7976.
    • Trzaskowski, M. and Eley, T.C. and Davis, O.S.P. and Doherty, S.J. and Hanscombe, K.B. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Haworth, C. and Price, T.S and Plomin, R. (2013) . PLoS One 8 (4), pp. e58676. ISSN 1932-6203.
    • Meaburn, Emma L. and Schulz, R. (2012) . Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 23 (2), pp. 192-9. ISSN 1084-9521.
    • Schosser, A. and Pirlo, K. and Gaysina, D. and Cohen-Woods, S. and Schalkwyk, L.C. and Elkin, A. and Korszun, A. and Gunasinghe, C. and Gray, J. and Jones, L. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Farmer, A.E. and Craig, I.W. and McGuffin, P. (2010) . BMC Research Notes 3, pp. 274-279. ISSN 1756-0500.
    • Davies, M.N. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Schalkwyk, L.C. (2010) . Briefings in Functional Genomics 9 (5-6), pp. 385-90. ISSN 2041-2649.
    • Meaburn, Emma L. and Schalkwyk, L.C. and Mill, J. (2010) . Epigenetics 5 (7), pp. 578-582. ISSN 1559-2294.
    • Schalkwyk, L.C. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Smith, R. and Dempster, E.L. and Jeffries, A.R. and Davies, M.N. and Plomin, R. and Mill, J. (2010) . The American Journal of Human Genetics 86 (2), pp. 196-212. ISSN 0002-9297.
    • Viding, E. and Hanscombe, K.B. and Curtis, C.J.C. and Davis, O.S.P. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Plomin, R. (2010) . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines 51 (7), pp. 780-8. ISSN 0021-9630.
    • Davis, O.S.P. and Butcher, L.M. and Docherty, S.J. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Curtis, C.J.C. and Simpson, M.A. and Schalkwyk, L.C. and Plomin, R. (2010) . Behavior Genetics 40 (6), pp. 759-67. ISSN 0001-8244.
    • Docherty, S.J. and Davis, O.S.P. and Kovas, Y. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Dale, P.S. and Petrill, S.A. and Schalkwyk, L.C. and Plomin, R. (2010) . Genes, Brain, and Behavior 9 (2), pp. 234-47. ISSN 1601-183X.
    • Meaburn, Emma L. and Fernandes, C. and Craig, I.W. and Plomin, R. and Schalkwyk, L.C. (2009) . Twin Research and Human Genetics 12 (4), pp. 372-380. ISSN 1832-4274.
    • Haworth, C. and Carnell, S. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Davis, O.S.P. and Plomin, R. and Wardle, J. (2008) . Obesity 16 (12), pp. 2663-2668. ISSN 1930-7381.
    • Meaburn, Emma L. and Harlaar, N. and Craig, I.W. and Schalkwyk, L.C. and Plomin, R. (2008) . Molecular Psychiatry 13 (7), pp. 729-40. ISSN 1359-4184.
    • Haworth, C. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Harlaar, N. and Plomin, R. (2007) . Mind, Brain, and Education 1 (4), pp. 173-180. ISSN 1751-2271.
    • Meaburn, Emma L. and Butcher, L.M. and Schalkwyk, L.C. and Plomin, R. (2006) . Nucleic Acids Research 34 (4), pp. e27. ISSN 0305-1048.
    • Harlaar, N. and Butcher, L.M. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Sham, P. and Craig, I.W. and Plomin, R. (2005) . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 46 (10), pp. 1097-107. ISSN 0021-9630.
    • Butcher, L.M. and Meaburn, Emma and Knight, J. and Sham, P.C. and Schalkwyk, L.C. and Craig, I.W. and Plomin, R. (2005) . Human Molecular Genetics 14 (10), pp. 1315-1325. ISSN 0964-6906.
    • Butcher, L.M. and Meaburn, Emma and Dale, P.S. and Sham, P. and Schalkwyk, L.C. and Craig, I.W. and Plomin, R. (2005) . Molecular Psychiatry 10 (4), pp. 384-392. ISSN 1359-4184.
    • Meaburn, Emma and Butcher, L.M. and Liu, L. and Fernandes, C. and Hansen, V. and Al-Chalabi, A. and Plomin, R. and Craig, I.W. and Schalkwyk, L.C. (2005) . BMC Genomics 6 (52), ISSN 1471-2164.
    • Simpson, C.L. and Knight, J. and Butcher, L.M. and Hansen, V.K. and Meaburn, Emma and Schalkwyk, L.C. and Craig, I.W. and Powell, J.F. and Sham, P.C. and Al-Chalabi, A. (2005) . Nucleic Acids Research 33 (3), pp. e25. ISSN 0305-1048.
    • Craig, I. and Meaburn, Emma and Butcher, L.M. and Hill, L. and Plomin, R. (2005) . Methods In Molecular Biology 311, pp. 147-164. ISSN 1940-6029.
    • Butcher, L.M. and Meaburn, Emma and Liu, L. and Fernandes, C. and Hill, L. and Al-Chalabi, A. and Plomin, R. and Schalkwyk, L.C. and Craig, I.W. (2004) . Behavior Genetics 34 (5), pp. 549-555. ISSN 0001-8244.
    • Meaburn, Emma and Dale, P.S. and Craig, I.W. and Plomin, R. (2002) . NeuroReport 13 (8), pp. 1075-1077. ISSN 0959-4965.
  • Business and community

    Business and community

    Outreach

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